US, 17 other countries urge Hamas to release hostages, end Gaza crisis
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States and 17 other countries on Thursday issued an appeal for Hamas to release all of its hostages as a pathway to end the crisis in Gaza, but Hamas vowed not to relent to international pressure. “We call for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in […]
Argentina’s Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President Javier Milei’s painful austerity measures. The demonstrations are the latest example of rising tension over spending cuts that are helping undo […]
“Big Brother”: Reboot of Buenos Aires facial recognition plan fuels privacy fears
DAVID FELIBA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that NGOs fear a controversial facial recognition system – dubbed Buenos Aires’ Big Brother – could be revived, threatening rights…
“We will teach by candlelight”: Argentine students and teachers protest Milei budget cuts
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s public universities held protests on Wednesday against sharp budget cuts by the government of President Javier Milei, turning off the lights in classrooms to draw attention to their predicament – and save money on electricity. The prestigious University of Buenos Aires (UBA) said it had experienced an 80 per cent […]
Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish centre bombing
Buenos Aires, Argentina AP Argentina’s highest criminal court reported a new development Thursday in the elusive quest for justice in the deadliest attack in the country’s history – the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre headquarters – concluding Iran had planned the attack and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group had executed the plans. In a ruling obtained […]
Argentina faces rising dengue epidemic risk as mosquitoes hatch early
Buenos Aires Reuters Mosquitoes are hatching earlier in Argentina and reaching cooler regions than before, as rising temperatures drive the country’s worst outbreak of dengue fever and raise the risk of more regular epidemics of the insect-borne virus, scientists said. So far in the 2023/24 season, the South American nation has recorded 232,996 cases of […]
An Argentine judge recognises gender abuse suffered for years by 20 nuns in a breakthrough ruling
Buenos Aires, Argentina AP An Argentine judge on Friday ruled that 20 cloistered nuns had suffered abuse for more than two decades at the hands of high-ranking clergy in the country’s conservative north, and ordered the accused archbishop and church officials to undergo psychological treatment and training in gender discrimination. The ruling in the homeland of Pope Francis cast […]
Surging dengue cases in Americas cause alarm as potentially worst-ever season looms
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Dengue cases in the Americas rose in the first three months of this year by three times the number of infections reported in the same period last year, the head of the Pan American Health Organization said on Thursday. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay are the countries hardest hit by dengue in […]
Argentines commemorate coup as Milei sows doubt about dictatorship past
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Thousands of Argentines took to the streets around the country on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1976 military coup that lasted eight years and led to widespread repression, torture and disappearances. Several local and human rights groups gathered in Buenos Aires, waving banners, singing songs and carrying photos of […]
A “fearless fight”: Their children disappeared in Argentina’s dictatorship. These mothers have looked for them since
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo…